Just over two months in power — and already facing a political crisis. Recently, Friedrich Merz's coalition has been thrown into turmoil. What does the chancellor intend to do about it?

Germany's new chancellor faces a delicate balancing act: tackling the country's energy crisis while upholding its commitment ...

Chancellor Merz’s new hardline course promises to accelerate the EU’s rightward pivot on migration as the bloc prepares to ...

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis. Follow DW for more.

The controversy surrounding the election of a judge to the Federal Constitutional Court shows how the far-right AfD is being ...

Tens of thousands of people celebrated Pride in Berlin on Saturday, with this year's march held under the banner, "never be ...

The head of parliament banned the rainbow flag from the legislative building. Far-right groups have rallied against the ...

Even then, two weeks before Zelenskyy’s humiliation in the Oval Office and one week before the Bundestag elections, Merz had begun privately considering the need for Germany to take on additional ...

Merz had failed in the first round of voting because only 310 of the 328 members of the Bundestag from the governing coalition of the CDU/Christian Social Union (CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD ...

Merz sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor It took two votes in the Bundestag, but in the end — as expected — conservative Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany's chancellor. He takes over the helm at ...

Germany's cabinet on Wednesday approved the federal budget draft for 2026, marking the second consecutive year of record-high investment as the government aims to modernize infrastructure and bolster ...

BERLIN, May 6. /TASS/. The Bundestag has elected Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz as Germany's Chancellor in a decisive second-round vote. The session was streamed live on the ...